* JOHN BERNARD HURST, 50, admitted 1976, practised as John B Hurst, Hove, Sussex, struck off and ordered to pay u779 costs. Tribunal told he had been given a suspended 12-month jail sentence at Norwich Crown Court on October 29, 1992, after conviction on two counts of aiding and abetting the fraudulent disposal of a […]

* Hungarian mineral water company KekkAt svOnyviz Rt and its shareholders were advised by Gouldens in connection with the placing and introduction of its shares on to the Hungarian over-the-counter-market. Smith New Court

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